Illustrator slice tool behaving unpredictably

I need to slice up an image for a website. I saw a video tutorial some time back that showed a really useful and accurate way of doing it which I used once but now can't find it.
Using the slice tool I dragged a box around the image which takes up the whole canvas in illustrator. The slice tool snaps to the canvas size.
Then to divide it up. I go: Object/Slice/Divide Slices.
A dialogue box appears giving me options on the number of horizontal and vertical slices.
Then using the slice select tool I should be able to adjust the position of each cut.
This is where it all goes haywire for me. When I drag the cut line, it drags the line and creates an additional slice which I don't want leaving the cut that I just moved unchanged. I simply want to adjust the position of the cut.
Have I missed something? What am I doing wrong?
I know it can be done because I've done it successfully before. Why can't I get the same results each time?
I've read quite a few comments on similar buggy issues with the slice tool dating back to 2009.
Has Adobe even tried to address any of these issues?
I thought it may have been a 'preferences' issue and was staggered to see the only preference you can even change is the colour of the outline.
Come on Adobe! Is this tool just a TOY? or is it a professional tool to be used with accuracy like the rest of the program?

I'm using Illustrator CC and there is no "auto slice" setting. Slices are bugged in CC. Apparently a recent update has rendered the tool nearly unusable. I imagine they will be patching it soon.

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For now, I guess workarounds include creating slices from guides or not using slices.

not using slices.
that's a great workaround hahaha
I just read in a previous post that Slices align to pixel grid, that may be the issue

Is the slice tool really this buggy?? (pics)

I am trying to create images for a website using the slice tool.
When I try to create a slice from selection, it looks ok on the artboard (pixel preview mode), but it shifts the whole slice when exporting!
What am i doing wrong? I have things set to 'align to pixel grid' in the transform options in the main toolbar at the top. I have the document DPI set to 72. And still, slices get misaligned.
ALSO: the slice select tool, when resizing a slice, seems to snap to invisible things!? I have snapping disabled in the View menu. What is the deal? Is slicing in Illustrator really that broken? Or am I missing something??
I've tried searching around the net and nothing seems to explain this strange behaviour..

Hi Sinrise,
The problem with the save for web feature in both Illustrator and Photoshop is that png files can only be saved as full 24bit colour with true 8bit transparency - the user cannot save, for example, a 16 colour version with full 8bit transparency.
It means web "optimized" png versions that are output by Illustrator are often far bigger in file size than what is actually possible with other (free) web optimization utilities - at the same quality.
At this point Gif should be avoided (many reasons), and only be used for smaller animated web graphics. Gif does not support full transparency, only indexed, which means it is either on or off. No 50% transparency is possible in Gif. In the end Gif results in larger versions than Png anyway.
Jpg is perfect for photo work, but less than ideal for vector and sharp edged artwork, since it is a lossy format and will introduce fringes and rogue pixels and noise along edges. Even with a quality set to over 90% those noisy artifacts will be introduced in your artwork. And it generally results in much larger file sizes (the eagle head below is ~44kb, and still has noise and fringes everywhere at 85%)
Png is perfect as a bitmap format for illustrative sharp-edged artwork. It also supports full transparency both for true colour (24 bit) and 8bit (indexed) colour modes. And this is where the save for web feature fails abysmally: it does not allow us to save 8bit png files with full 8bit transparency - only indexed, like gif. So either on or off. Therefore tremendously limiting the use of the save for web functionality in both Illustrator and Photoshop.
Because with 8bit indexed png files we get fringes or ragged non-antialiased edges with transparent backgrounds.
Here is what I am talking about (open the original image to compare):
It means that I was able to produce a perfect fully transparent version that is SMALLER than Illustrator's 8bit version with indexed transparency in Color Quantizer!
Only Fireworks currently has the option to save png images with full transparency and indexed colours. And we know that FW is scrapped. Twisting the knife in the wound even more, Color Quantizer also allows the user to save limited colour palettes of 512, 1024, 2048 and 4096 colours! And a simple to use quality mask tool is available for difficult cases to safeguard essential artwork areas from degrading in colours!
Now, you might argue that we are talking about a difference in kilobytes - but I would say that my version loads up almost three times faster, and takes up three times less bandwidth. With more images on the page, it means my page's total bandwidth would be improved by 300%-400% (my experience) compared to designers working with Adobe products only.
And I have far more control over the exported and optimized colour quality, thus on top of that my work looks better as well in many instances.
That is why I decided a long time ago to stop relying on Adobe products to do my web optimization. They are antiquated, and have not really been updated in a long, long time.
ps RIOT (Radical Image Optimization Tool) also does a better job at jpg optimization, and again the user has more control than the save for web option delivers.

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If you understand that something will do something you do not want like convert to 96 DPI as long as it does not resample you can always convert back to 300 DPI. If you want 6 4x6 to form a 12x12 you must start with an square 1:1 aspect ratio image. That you resample to 12"x 12" at 300 dpi if you want 6 4x6 300 dpi images.
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BK,
The following is a general list of things you may try when the issue is not in a specific file (you may have tried/done some of them already); 1) and 2) are the easy ones for temporary strangenesses, and 3) and 4) are specifically aimed at possibly corrupt preferences); 5) is a list in itself, and 6) is the last resort.
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Can someone tell me which verions of PS comes with the slice tool, if I have to purchase a plug-in, etc.. I really need this tool to design web sites and was misled by Adobe that my version came with it. I even asked Adobe first. I guess you just can't get an honest answer these days.
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I even asked Adobe first. I guess you just can't get an honest answer these days.
For almost any PS question (some installation and licensing issues are the exception), I think that one will get better and quicker answers in this forum, but that is just my opinion.
John's directions should work fine. If not, then try Resetting your Tools, but should not have to do that.
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Hey,
i need the slice tool for Photoshop Elements 11.
is there maybe a Plug-In slice tool???
Hat jemand vielleicht eine Idee woher ich ein slice tool für Photoshop Elements 11 bekomme?
Oder gibt es keine möglichkeit das slice tool bei Photoshop Elements 11 zu nutzen?
Greetz from Germany
Pierre

See my answer in the other post:
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Greetz from Germany
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